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Poetry and History in Novalis and in the Tradition of the German Enlightenment. (1984)
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Saul, N. (1984). Poetry and History in Novalis and in the Tradition of the German Enlightenment. Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA)

Novalis's theory of poetic historiography is seen here for the first time in its Enlightenment context. Novalis did not, as traditionally supposed, merely negate the ideals of Enlightenment historiography: rationality, objectivity, evidence. In typic... Read More about Poetry and History in Novalis and in the Tradition of the German Enlightenment..